Conversation: 906-012
Prev: 906-011 Next: 906-013Start Date: 27-Apr-1973 4:41 PM
End Date: 27-Apr-1973 5:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; White House operator;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:41 pm to 5:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 906-12
Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 4:41 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Conversation No. 906-12 (cont’d)
Watergate
-Henry E. Petersen
-Conversation with President
-Grand jury testimony
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 4:41 pm.
Press conference
-Beginning
-Announcement of appointment of William D. Ruckelshaus
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Ziegler
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Telephone call to Ziegler
Ziegler left at 4:42 pm.
Watergate
-Petersen
-Conversation with President
-Dean
-Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Possible dismissal
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Possible departure from White House staff
White House staff meeting, April 27, 1973
-George P. Shultz
-Henry A. Kissinger’s statement on bureaucracy
-Ambassadorial appointments
-Henry A. Byroade, William R. Kintner
-William P. Rogers
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Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 906-12 (cont’d)
Haldeman
-Possible replacement
-Roy L. Ash
-Frederic V. Malek
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Deputy Director
Watergate
-Dean
-Leaves of absence by Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departure from White House staff
-Grand jury
-Justice Department
-Petersen
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Leaves of absence
-White House staff response
-Unknown man
-Possible speech by President
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Method
-Leaves of absence
-Possible actions by Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-President’s March 21, 1973, conversation with Dean and Haldeman
-Haldeman’s conversation with Lawrence M. Higby
-Higby’s conversation with Dean at Camp David
-Dean
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-Possible use of recorder by Dean
-Reflection on President
-Possible attack by President
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Threat
-Blackmail
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Conversation No. 906-12 (cont’d)
-National security matter
-President’s statements
-Grey
-Shredding documents
-Meeting with Haldeman and John N. Mitchell
-Funds for defendants
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-President’s statements
-President’s motives
-President’s demands for facts on Watergate
-Camp David trip
-President’s forthcoming conversation with Ronald Ziegler
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s memo to Haldeman
-Haldeman’s resignation
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Price
-Letter to Haldeman
-Leonard Garment
Haldeman’s meeting with Ehrlichman
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and
5:00 pm.
[Conversation 906-12A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
Meeting with Ziegler
[End telephone conversation]
Watergate
-Petersen
-Information for Haldeman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 906-12 (cont’d)
Haldeman left at 5:00 pm.